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Exclusive: Families hold funerals for victims in Afghan mosque suicide attack

Relatives of victims of a suicide attack on a mosque in the Afghan province of Kunduz buried the dead and bade farewell to their loved ones on Saturday. 

A total of 43 people were killed and 143 others were wounded in a suicide bombing at a mosque in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz, a provincial source confirmed on Friday.

The blast occurred inside a Shiite Muslim mosque building in Kunduz at around 2:00 p.m. local time when worshipers were offering Friday prayers.

So far no group has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing.

Relatives of victims of a suicide attack on a mosque in the Afghan province of Kunduz bade farewell to their loved ones on Saturday. Nasratullah Haqpal/CGTN

Relatives of victims of a suicide attack on a mosque in the Afghan province of Kunduz bade farewell to their loved ones on Saturday. Nasratullah Haqpal/CGTN

Relatives of victims of a suicide attack on a mosque in the Afghan province of Kunduz buried the dead on Saturday. Nasratullah Haqpal/CGTN

Relatives of victims of a suicide attack on a mosque in the Afghan province of Kunduz buried the dead on Saturday. Nasratullah Haqpal/CGTN

Relatives of victims of a suicide attack on a mosque in the Afghan province of Kunduz bade farewell to their loved ones on Saturday. Nasratullah Haqpal/CGTN

Relatives of victims of a suicide attack on a mosque in the Afghan province of Kunduz bade farewell to their loved ones on Saturday. Nasratullah Haqpal/CGTN

Relatives of victims of a suicide attack on a mosque in the Afghan province of Kunduz buried the dead on Saturday. Nasratullah Haqpal/CGTN

Relatives of victims of a suicide attack on a mosque in the Afghan province of Kunduz buried the dead on Saturday. Nasratullah Haqpal/CGTN

Relatives of victims of a suicide attack on a mosque in the Afghan province of Kunduz bade farewell to their loved ones on Saturday. Nasratullah Haqpal/CGTN

Relatives of victims of a suicide attack on a mosque in the Afghan province of Kunduz bade farewell to their loved ones on Saturday. Nasratullah Haqpal/CGTN

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